Sealibtg-wax stick



. Patented AUGUST NADLER AND JOHN R. KINGHORN, OI BROOKLYN,

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SEALING-WAX STICK.

No Drawing. Application filed May 17,

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, AUGUST NADLnn and J OHN R. KINGI-IORN, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sealing-Vax Stick, of which the folhiwing is a full, clear, and exact descri tion.

T 1is invention relates to improvements in sealing wax sticks for sealing parcels, letters, or the like and seeks for its principal object to provide a sealing wax stick which when lighted will retain the flame thereon and eliminate the necessity of constantly lighting the same.

In the present form of sealing wax sticks, constant lightin r of the same by means of a taper or matdli is required and there is a great tendency for the flame to drop off with the melted wax which often results. in the burning of the wrapper or envelop.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a sealing wax stick in whicha quantity of artificial silk or cellulose fibrous material is mixed. said fibrous material serv- 111g toinsure a rapid combustion which almost entirely consumes itself in order that the ash and carbon is reduced to a minimum.

With the above recited objects and others in view,'the invention resides in the novel combination of ingredients, reference being had to the following specification and ap pended claims.

In the manufacture of the sealing wax stick in accordance with the present invention, the usual ingredients such as shellac, rosin. turpentine, oil of turpentine, chalk,- gypsum and cinnabar, or any other composition is used. and in addition theieto a rapidly combustible fibrous material is added, prior to the molding of the t/ax in 1921. Serial No. 470,354.

stick form. Artificial silks are preferably used as the fibrous material, said silks having cellulose as their fundamental substance. These silks are regarded as being of vegetable origin such as cellulose silk, cuprate silk and viscose silk, known to the trade as fibre wood silk, pyroxylin and? visca. The fibrous material constitutes approximately one per cent of the entire ingredients. although this roportion may be varied to some extent. y combining these silk fibers, upon ignition of the stick, the fibers cause a rapid combustion which substantially consume the fibers during the melting of the wax to reduce the ash and carbon to a minimum. The flame tends to remain on the stick and burns freely to melt the'wax, thereby permitting the user to apply, the melted wax by rubbingthe end of the stick over the article to be sealed.

It is to be understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually set forth herein, to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed and by variations in the phraseology of the same.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

- 1. As an article of manufacture, a sealing wax consisting-in the combination with the usual. ingredients, of a quantity of rapidly combustible fibrous material. the quantity of said fibrous material being in a propor tion .of approximately one per cent with respect to the entire ingredients.

2. As an article of manufacture, a sealing wax consisting in the combination with the usual ingredients, of a quantity of artificial silk fibers;

' AUGUST NADLER.

JOHN R. KTNGHORN. 

